[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1212.5]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1212_Safety Standard for Multi-Purpose Lighters--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A_Requirements for Child-Resistance
 
Sec.  1212.5  Findings.

    (a) Before issuing a final rule, the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2058(f)(1), requires the Commission to consider and 
make appropriate findings for inclusion in the rule with respect to:
    (1) The degree and nature of the risk of injury the rule is designed 
to eliminate or reduce;
    (2) The approximate number of consumer products, or types or classes 
thereof, subject to such rule;
    (3) The need of the public for the consumer products subject to such 
rule, and the probable effect of such rule, upon the utility, cost, or 
availability of such products to meet such need; and
    (4) Any means of achieving the objective of the order while 
minimizing adverse effects on competition or disruption or dislocation 
of manufacturing and other commercial practices consistent with the 
public health and safety
    (b) The CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2058(f)(3), also requires the Commission to 
make the following findings before it promulgates a rule, and to include 
such findings in the rule:
    (1) That the rule (including its effective date) is reasonably 
necessary to eliminate or reduce an unreasonable risk of injury 
associated with such product;
    (2) That the promulgation of the rule is in the public interest;
    (3) That the benefits expected from the rule bear a reasonable 
relationship to its costs; and
    (4) That the rule imposes the least burdensome requirement that 
prevents or adequately reduces the risk of injury for which the rule is 
being promulgated.
    (c) The required findings are included as appendix A to this part 
1212.

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